Mini Leaseman's junior day.....

[newhunterette]

well Nick didn't get the wall hanger he was hoping for but he still took down a nice 3 x 3 buck in velvet

Leaseman (Mike) can fill in details - I am just the picture poster

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[moosinaround]

Bloody hell thats a beauty Deer man!! Congrats!!! Moosin

[The Dawg]

Bloody hell thats a beauty Deer man!! Congrats!!! Moosin

Bloody is right!....any deer down is a great one in my books. Awesome deer, congrats!

[Blainer]

Good on ya,young feller!

[tomahawk]

Awesome............

[Steeleco]

Way to go Nick, Shane is hoping for as much luck this weekend. Great first buck.

[mountainman]

Way to go Nick! Better get you signed up for the contest here!!

[Shed Hunter]

congrats to the Young man

[Leaseman]

Alison (newhunterette) has posted a couple of pics in the members pic area.....

We finally got away 10:30 ish on Sunday, day before opening season... Needless to say Nick was stoked!......

Heading up the Coq. towards the summit, the weather closed in, the rain started and the temp dropped from a balmy 16C in Hope to a cool 7C. It was just after lunch when we turned off with a very low overcast and temp still dropping..... 50 more kilometers and we reach our destination, the camp we have hunted out of for several years!! Our trusty A frame still stands and only needs a little repair before we tarp...

By now the temp is hovering between 1-2C with a very stiff wind and of cours all types of weather blowing in...rain, sleet hail and snow! Good to be in the high country at the end of August!

With a roaring fire going, we have time (which usually isn't the case!) to sit around with Nicks two "uncles" who came along to join in sharing the experience with Nick and to help me with the heavy stuff that I still can't do! With a lot of laughs and joking, the evening skies darken too fast and off to bed we go.....

We awake to a very cool, -2C, windy but fairly clear morning. A quick breakfast and we are off to one of our favorite slashes only a couple of kms away. Arriving with the rising sun, we are busy glassing, searching for the illusive deer. Our drive in the day before was probably the first time we have gone in without seeing a deer and Nick was taking this as a bad omen.... No spotting anything we start heading through the slash to what we call the end slash.... Part way through, long down below me, I spot a large buck partially hidden in the fire weed! Hitting the brakes, I did what no Dad should ever do!.... "Nick" I yell," get out, there is a moster over here!!!!" Nick bails out, comes around my side and I hear him mutter "Wholey shit!" under his breath as he loads and lines up...... BANG! and the buck is off!...... To make a long story short, after 2 hours of checking, it was a clean miss! Nick is upset as his missed oppertunities last year followed him until just about the last day of the season.....

We decide to head to another favorite road several kms away, Nick sitting beside me upset at his miss and me mentally kicking myself at getting him fired up over a deer that he hadn't seen yet...(yes, it really was that big!!)

Heading up the steep road the another 8-10 year old slash, we are busy talking and keeping our eyes out for deer.... something registers in my brain and I hit the brakes and back up 10 feet. Looking off to my left, here is a nice young buck, laying in the sun at the base of a tree watching us! Not wanting to get Nick too excited (again) I quietly tell him to lean forward and look up...he does and sees it instantly... Jumping out, he loads up and Bang.... time to cut the tag...Finally an easy one a 35 yards!!

By 12:00 we are in camp with the deer skinned, cleaned up and bagged and still a day to kill. We ended up doing a little bow and a little bear hunting...weather stayed clear and cool in Monday, a high of 5C and cooled down to -3C on Tuesday morning....

All being said and done, we saw 14 does, 7 bucks, 7 bear and only 2 grouse!! great trip, great having a son as a hunting partners and great having two good buddies that give up their opening bow season to be with us and to help (read as do everything!) us out!!

Mike

[Gnarly]

Excellent Nick!!
we need pics here!

[BigBanger]

Thats sounds like an awesome trip . Nice and cold up there already , gotta like that .

[Steeleco]

Great trip Mike, Nick looked real happy in the pictures. Your story gave Shane a lot of optimism for our trip this weekend.

So did you cape the first one for him? or just a rack mount?

[stanway]

Great story! Congrats to Nick.

Maybe it's just me, but I can't find the photos. Any help?


James

[BigBanger]

Great story! Congrats to Nick.

Maybe it's just me, but I can't find the photos. Any help?


James


Here ya go ..



http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=25349

[frenchbar]

Way to go Nick! congrats on your Buck.

[newhunterette]

Alison (newhunterette) has posted a couple of pics in the members pic area.....

We finally got away 10:30 ish on Sunday, day before opening season... Needless to say Nick was stoked!......

Heading up the Coq. towards the summit, the weather closed in, the rain started and the temp dropped from a balmy 16C in Hope to a cool 7C. It was just after lunch when we turned off with a very low overcast and temp still dropping..... 50 more kilometers and we reach our destination, the camp we have hunted out of for several years!! Our trusty A frame still stands and only needs a little repair before we tarp...

By now the temp is hovering between 1-2C with a very stiff wind and of cours all types of weather blowing in...rain, sleet hail and snow! Good to be in the high country at the end of August!

With a roaring fire going, we have time (which usually isn't the case!) to sit around with Nicks two "uncles" who came along to join in sharing the experience with Nick and to help me with the heavy stuff that I still can't do! With a lot of laughs and joking, the evening skies darken too fast and off to bed we go.....

We awake to a very cool, -2C, windy but fairly clear morning. A quick breakfast and we are off to one of our favorite slashes only a couple of kms away. Arriving with the rising sun, we are busy glassing, searching for the illusive deer. Our drive in the day before was probably the first time we have gone in without seeing a deer and Nick was taking this as a bad omen.... No spotting anything we start heading through the slash to what we call the end slash.... Part way through, long down below me, I spot a large buck partially hidden in the fire weed! Hitting the brakes, I did what no Dad should ever do!.... "Nick" I yell," get out, there is a moster over here!!!!" Nick bails out, comes around my side and I hear him mutter "Wholey shit!" under his breath as he loads and lines up...... BANG! and the buck is off!...... To make a long story short, after 2 hours of checking, it was a clean miss! Nick is upset as his missed oppertunities last year followed him until just about the last day of the season.....

We decide to head to another favorite road several kms away, Nick sitting beside me upset at his miss and me mentally kicking myself at getting him fired up over a deer that he hadn't seen yet...(yes, it really was that big!!)

Heading up the steep road the another 8-10 year old slash, we are busy talking and keeping our eyes out for deer.... something registers in my brain and I hit the brakes and back up 10 feet. Looking off to my left, here is a nice young buck, laying in the sun at the base of a tree watching us! Not wanting to get Nick too excited (again) I quietly tell him to lean forward and look up...he does and sees it instantly... Jumping out, he loads up and Bang.... time to cut the tag...Finally an easy one a 35 yards!!

By 12:00 we are in camp with the deer skinned, cleaned up and bagged and still a day to kill. We ended up doing a little bow and a little bear hunting...weather stayed clear and cool in Monday, a high of 5C and cooled down to -3C on Tuesday morning....

All being said and done, we saw 14 does, 7 bucks, 7 bear and only 2 grouse!! great trip, great having a son as a hunting partners and great having two good buddies that give up their opening bow season to be with us and to help (read as do everything!) us out!!

Mike

grrrrrrr you nut - here are the pics again

perhaps the other thread can be joined into this one

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/ioarana/HBC%20pics%20for%20members/P1010061.jpg

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[stanway]

Here ya go ..



http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=25349


Thanks. :redface: I don't know where I was looking.:redface:


Congrats again to Nick.

[stanway]

Good job Nick! Congrats on the buck. He'll be great eating.

[newhunterette]

I just spoke to a good friend who just got back from hunting with his sons for youth season - both boys took down a 2 point spiker each so looks like a healthy youth season so far (2 more Aldergrove boys to harvest some tender morsels)

I received permission from Leaseman (Mike) about the other photos I have from his and Nicks trip to ppost them - here they are
enjoy:
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[newhunterette]

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[srupp]

HMMMM well done Nick..hope Mike didnt get in your way??? Nice buck tremendous you have started helping bring home the winter meat..

cheers

Steven

[Gnarly]

Did he poke it with a .308?
hope so

[Buckwheat]

hey nick what a beautiful buck!!!!!! now lets see if i can get me a bambi !!!!!!

well done!!

[LeverActionJunkie]

Congrats to the young hunter!! Welcome to the Brotherhood :)

[44inchStone]

It's now in your blood. Something you will never forget. Congrats on a great deer.!

[hunter1947]

Very nice buck you got there young Nick http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

You don't get a better eater then that one ,congrats on getting a dandy deer http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

[Fisher-Dude]

That's a great buck Nick! Hope I can find one like that in a few weeks! Good job!

[hunter1947]

Nick that was some fine shooting ,that deer did not know what hit him ,lights out real fast ,great shot ,no meat waisted on that deer..

[Red Foreman]

Way to go Nick,you got yourself a fine deer.Man this is turning out to be a great deer season for the youth hunters,great to see the youngsters keeping the tradition alive.

[oldsalt]

This is the picture that tells a lot, it appears someone is actually taking the time to educate the young fella on field care of game, it speaks volumes.

Way to go.http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/ioarana/HBC%20pics%20for%20members/P1010064.jpg

[Leaseman]

^^ That is right... my son is on the right (this is his second buck!) and his two "uncles"...middle gent, another Mike, and I have hunted together for 25+ years.... on the left, Sean, we have hunted for 15+ years....

Nick has been in on maybe 12 deer kills and he loves the learning/cleaning/butchering parts too!! Mike was going to show/help Nick with the way he does it!!

[newhunterette]

I have more pics of the learning process but I figured not to post the more graphic pics as some people may get offended by it but I thought this one really showed the guidance Nick was getting from his Uncle Sean and Uncle Mike and it is wonderful that in Mike's(Leaseman) recovery from surgery that he has wonderful friends who are willing to help out to make this such a success for Nick

[Gateholio]

We don't encourage overly gory pictures on here, (especially "gratuitous gore" pics) but if you have pictures that just shows the process of cleaning a deer, especially while instructing kids, by all means post them. We have all been there, done that...

[newhunterette]

I have more pics of the learning process but I figured not to post the more graphic pics as some people may get offended by it but I thought this one really showed the guidance Nick was getting from his Uncle Sean and Uncle Mike and it is wonderful that in Mike's(Leaseman) recovery from surgery that he has wonderful friends who are willing to help out to make this such a success for Nick


We don't encourage overly gory pictures on here, (especially "gratuitous gore" pics) but if you have pictures that just shows the process of cleaning a deer, especially while instructing kids, by all means post them. We have all been there, done that...

Okay here they are - I was impressed at Nick's enthusiasm - when he called me to tell me he got his buck, he was talking so fast - was adorable (probably not the word he would like me calling him) better yet he was very excited

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[newhunterette]

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[Gateholio]

Great pics!!

[Leaseman]

Thanks for all your help Alison with getting the posting in shape and doing the pics for me.... I will send Nick over with some peperoni when he gets it!

ALso many thanks for all the kind words to Nick about his deer. He works hard all year at getting things in order for his hunting and fishing trips and they are such a huge part of his life!


Mike

[bsa30-06]

Congrats to EVERYBODY involved, thats one family outing i'm sure none of them will soon forget.Great to see families getting out and enjoying the hunt together.

[newhunterette]

a couple of shots of Nick when he came to my house to show me his deer

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